Licensed Occupational Therapist Assistant

Prava Therapy • San Diego, CA

13d • $38 - $40 • Onsite

About The Position

Prava Therapy is seeking a Part-Time Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to join their embedded therapy team at ActivCare Mission Bay. This role focuses on practicing occupational therapy within the context of real life, integrating therapy into residents' daily routines and activities, including evening ADLs. The COTA will work closely with residents and the occupational therapy team to translate the plan of care into meaningful, functional progress, acting as a clinician, coach, and problem solver. The position emphasizes improving resident independence and participation in meaningful daily activities, addressing ADLs and IADLs, and using real-life activities and the resident's environment for therapeutic intervention. The role requires flexibility to work into evening hours when clinically appropriate, supporting residents with cognitive, physical, and functional needs, including those with dementia. It also involves adapting activities and environments, providing caregiver and community staff education, communicating with the interdisciplinary team, building relationships with residents and families, documenting using AI-enabled tools, and measuring progress based on functional outcomes. The culture is described as collaborative, clinically curious, and resident-centered.

Requirements

• Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA)
• Believes ADLs are more than checkboxes—they're opportunities for independence.
• Enjoys working directly with residents and building genuine relationships.
• Creative and naturally looks for functional solutions.
• Enjoys working with older adults and residents living with dementia.
• Comfortable collaborating with OTs, PTs, nursing, caregivers, and community leadership.
• Willing to flex schedule into the evening when resident goals and clinical needs call for it.
• Wants therapy to happen in the context of real life.
• Wants to be part of a team that values clinical judgment, creativity, and resident dignity.

Nice To Haves

• Knows that occupational therapy isn't just about exercises. It's about occupation.
• Looks at a difficult ADL and thinks: What is getting in the way? What can we change? What can we practice? How can we make this resident more successful in their own environment?
• Believes every intervention should have a functional purpose.
• Believes the environment can be part of the solution.
• Believes residents should be appropriately challenged—not underestimated.
• Believes caregiver education is part of treatment.
• Believes outcomes matter more than minutes.
• Believes dignity and autonomy are clinical priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled occupational therapy interventions under the direction and supervision of the Occupational Therapist.
• Help residents improve independence and participation in meaningful daily activities.
• Address ADLs and IADLs including dressing, grooming, toileting, bathing, transfers, functional mobility, and other daily routines as appropriate.
• Use real-life activities and the resident's environment as opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
• Have flexibility to work into evening hours when clinically appropriate to address evening ADLs and functional goals.
• Help residents practice skills at the time and in the environment where those skills matter most.
• Support residents with cognitive, physical, and functional needs, including residents living with dementia.
• Adapt activities and environments to help residents succeed.
• Provide caregiver and community staff education to reinforce strategies outside of therapy sessions.
• Communicate observations, progress, and changes in resident status to the supervising OT and interdisciplinary team.
• Build meaningful relationships with residents and families.
• Document efficiently and thoughtfully using Prava's technology and AI-enabled tools.
• Measure progress based on meaningful functional outcomes—not simply minutes.
• Contribute to a therapy culture that is collaborative, clinically curious, and deeply resident-centered.

Benefits

• Prava provides the technology, clinical standards, AI-enabled documentation, credentialing, billing and revenue cycle support, and operational systems that allow clinicians to focus on what matters most: Exceptional resident care.
• Support of a modern therapy organization while remaining connected to the residents and community you serve.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed